{"id":354329,"date":"2010-02-23T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/23\/report-gm-adding-extra-shift-at-lordstown-to-meet-expected-cruz\/"},"modified":"2010-02-23T09:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T14:01:00","slug":"report-gm-adding-extra-shift-at-lordstown-to-meet-expected-cruze-demand-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/354329","title":{"rendered":"Report: GM adding extra shift at Lordstown to meet expected Cruze demand *UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Budget<\/a>, Sedan<\/a>, Plants\/Manufacturing<\/a>, Chevrolet<\/a>, GM<\/a><\/p>\n

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2011 Chevrolet Cruze – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nIt looks like General Motors<\/a> is going to announce that Lordstown will be getting a third shift. Lordstown, Ohio is the plant where GM is going to be building its new compact Chevrolet<\/a> Cruze, and apparently they think the demand is going to be pretty high for this handsome little sedan. <\/p>\n

If you recall, Lordstown<\/a> was supposed to be a round-the-clock plant when then-GM CEO Rick Wagoner announced a third shift and $350 million investment in the plant. That was way back In August 2008, though, before the carpocolypse. By September, the industry and whole country found themselves in a free-fall. By January 2009, two shifts were eliminated at Lordstwown, idling some 2,800 workers. Last April GM idled the whole plant for three weeks to cut supply and lower operating costs.<\/p>\n

The addition of a third shift should bring a number of union employees back to work building the all-important new Cruze<\/a>, wit the highly efficient, 40-mile-per-gallon Cruze arriving in dealerships this fall.
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\nUPDATE:<\/strong> General Motors made the extra shift at its Lordstown, OH plant official today saying it will add 1,200 new jobs. Follow the jump for GM’s official press release.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gallery: LA 2009: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Detroit News<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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